Session African Climate Change and Variability


Description:

Climate change and variability has a major impact on the African continent, contributing to food insecurity, displacement of populations, and stress on water resources. In this session, we invite contributions on all aspects of African climate, including work emphasizing physical processes and climate theory, modern and proxy observations of climate, and numerical modeling studies of past, present, and future African climates. Intraseasonal to decadal prediction is of particular interest. Papers which connect African climate change and variability to human health, food and water security, and socio-economic development are also welcome.


Papers:
Dynamics and Model Representation of Two Contrasting Extreme Precipitation Events in the Sahel
Souleymane Sanogo, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques (FST), Université des Sciences des Techniques et de Technologie de Bamako, Bamako, Mali; and M. Maranan, A. H. Fink, B. J. Woodhams, and P. Knippertz

The Mechanisms Controlling the Rainy Season Transition Period in the Southern Congo Basin
Sarah Worden, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; and R. Fu

West African Summer Monsoon Onset Variability and Prediction
William Agyakwah, NOAA, College Park, MD; and Z. T. Segele, E. B. Bekele, and W. M. Thiaw

A link between warming over northwestern Asia and the recent decline of East African “long rains”
Samson M. Hagos, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA; and P. L. Ma, S. Lubis, M.Sc, Ph.D.,, K. Balaguru, P. Shi, O. Garuba, and L. R. Leung

Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023